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Certificate of Election to Nevada Assembly for Flora Dungan, December 30, 1966

Date

1966-12-30

Archival Collection

Description

Certificate of Election to Nevada Assembly for Flora Dungan, December 30, 1966

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Sands: A Place in the Sun pamphlet for the Sands Hotel and Casino, late 1960s

Date

1966 to 1969

Description

Sands: A Place in the Sun pamphlet for the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Inside are various photos from the Sands' history, including events, celebrity performances, and building construction.

Mixed Content

Sahara, the Jewel in the Desert pamphlet for the Sahara Hotel and Casino, 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Sahara, the Jewel in the Desert blue leaflet for the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Inside are various photos from the Sahara's history, including events, celebrity performances, and building construction.

Mixed Content

Press kit for the opening of Caesars Palace, 1966

Date

1966

Archival Collection

Description

The stylized press kit by Solters, O'Rourke & Sabinson, Inc., for the opening of Caesars Palace on Las Vegas Boulevard includes detailed information about the architecture and the capacity of resort, hotel and casino. There are photographic prints of the architectural model and renderings of the interior spaces, as well as information about the artwork throughout the resort. Also included is information about the entertainers who will perform.

Mixed Content

Transcript of interview with Gilbert Shaw by Barbara Tabach, May 3, 2016

Date

2016-05-03

Description

In this interview, Gil Shaw recalls milestones at Congregation Ner Tamid?first bat mitzvah?and anecdotes about leaders, first rabbis, donation by Moe Dalitz, services being held in Protestant churches, and even a controversy over colors for the new temple building of Ner Tamid.

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Transcript of interview with Melody Stein by Barbara Tabach, August 16, 2016

Date

2016-08-16

Description

In this interview, Stein lovingly describes various forms and mediums of art, especially rubber stamping, which included starting and managing a related craft publication, National Stampagraphic, as well as working with polymer clay. She talks about her involvement with the local Polymer Clay Guild, of which she is president, and their various projects, including Bottles of Hope and Hearts for Heroes. Stein also discusses her teaching career at the Hebrew Academy and Adelson Educational Campus.

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Biographical essay by Eva Weisz Vayda, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Vayda's essay describes her young-adulthood in Hungary, and being sent to Birkenau camp in 1944, and successive camps afterward. She came to the United States in 1956 with her husband and children.

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National Organization for Women flier, late 1970s

Date

1975 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

National Organization for Women (NOW) flyer for the support of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). "Wanted! Sister Suffragettes to celebrate August 26, 1920. Women get the vote, come join the fun! Aug. 26th Sunday 1pm North Las Vegas Library 2300 Civic Center Drive. Bring the whole family!!!! E.R.A. NOW DAY."

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Biographical essay by Jacques Ribons, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Jacques Ribons describes his life during the Nazi occupation of Poland. During the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto, his family decided to turn themselves in to the Germans. They were sent to a prison and separated. He and his brother survived and went to France with the OSE, and came to the United States in 1947.

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Biographical essay by Rachel Taylor, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Rachel Taylor describes her family's experience during the Holocaust in Poland in the Kutno and Gubin ghettos. She was able to escape with her sisters and brother with the help of a Polish priest and nun, and her parents survived Auschwitz-Birkenau. Taylor came to the United Staes in 1961.

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